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Russia has stopped using the Crimean Bridge to transport military equipment to the front lines and is instead using overland routes in occupied parts of eastern Ukraine, The Independent and investigative group Molfar reported on May 6. The bridge, also called the Kerch Bridge, connects the Russian mainland with theRussian-occupied Crimea peninsula, and has long been a crucial supply route for the Russian military in Ukraine. Construction on the 19-kilometer-long bridge began after the illegal 2014 annexation and occupation of Crimea, and was completed in 2018. It was heavily damaged in Ukraini...
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Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian military fast attack craft on May 6, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) reported. The attack was reportedly carried out with a Magura V5 multi-purpose sea drone in occupied Crimea overnight. In recent months, Ukraine has intensified its attacks on occupied Crimea, targeting Russian military assets in and around the Black Sea. Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk earlier said that Russia had withdrawn nearly all its major shipsfrom ports in occupied Crimea following successful Ukrainian strikes. The combat mission was conducted by the "Group 13" unit of Uk...
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Russian forces shot down a Ukrainian drone over occupied Crimea on May 2, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed. Russian air defense shot down a drone at around 6:30 p.m. local time, according to the ministry. No casualties or damages were reported. The Crimean Bridge was closed to traffic and a siren went off in military units in occupied Sevastopol, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel wrote. The Kyiv Independent could not verify these claims. In recent months, Ukraine has intensified its attacks on occupied Crimea, targeting Russian military assets in and around the Black Sea. A Russian proxy c...
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A missile was launched at the Russian Black Sea Fleet stationed in occupied Sevastopol on April 21, the city’s Russian-installed governor has said. In a post on Telegram, Mikhail Razvozhayev claimed an anti-ship missile had been “repelled” and “fragments caused a small fire, which was quickly extinguished.” Unverified video posted to social media appeared to show a Russian naval vessel on fire and local media reported the Crimea bridge had been closed. A source in Ukraine’s military intelligence told the Kyiv Independent that information on the strike was still being clarified. Sevastopol is h...
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Key developments on April 18: Ukraine destroys missile launchers, radar stations at Russian military airfield in Crimea, says Military intelligenceReuters: Ukraine says Russia's use of illegal tear gas on battlefield is increasingZelensky: Ukraine to produce 10 Bohdana howitzers this monthGerman delegation promises new IRIS-T delivery shortlyRussian attacks on Donetsk Oblast kill 2, injure 3Ukraine destroyed several units of military equipment in an attack on a Russian military airfield in Dzhankoi in occupied Crimea on April 17, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) reported. The agency said ...
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Ukrainian forces carried out an attack early on April 17 against a Russian military airfield in Dzhankoi in occupied Crimea, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address. Zelensky thanked the Armed Forces and Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi for the operation but did not elaborate on the consequences. Explosions were reported near the airfield in the early hours of Apil 17, with local Telegram channels publishing footage of a large-scale fire. Later during the day, the partisan group Atesh claimed that the attack hit a Russian S-400 air defense system and a military command pos...
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Editor’s Note: This article was published by the twice-weekly newsletter “The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak” on April 14, 2024, and has been re-published by the Kyiv Independent with permission. To subscribe to "The Counteroffensive," click here. In a country at war, death is all around. But Pavel Goldin is focused on a particular kind of collateral damage: an aquatic mammal he's spent much of his life studying. “Please report all known finds of dead dolphins!” reads a recurring post on a Facebook page he runs. After locating a dead dolphin, Goldin performs a necropsy if the carcass is intact ...
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Only 45% of Ukrainians said they believe the war will end with Ukraine restoring its 1991 borders, the Ukrainian media outlet NV reported on April 4, citing a poll conducted by the International Republican Institute (IRI). Kyiv has vowed to liberate all of the territories occupied by Russia, including Crimea. Previous polls have indicated that an overwhelming majority of Ukrainians are opposed to territorial concessions in exchange for peace. According to the IRI poll, the 45% still represented a plurality. Tied for second place at 16% were two options: Ukraine would regain all of the territor...
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Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Representatives of Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) blew up a power substation in the port city of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea overnight on April 2, a source in HUR confirmed to the Kyiv Independent. Local residents reportedly heard explosions at night, after which one of the districts of Sevastopol was partially left without electricity as a result of an alleged "accident at a substation," according to Krym Realii media outlet. The Russian proxy leader in Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, denied the reports t...
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The railway Russia is building in the occupied parts of Ukrainian regions could pose "a serious problem" for Kyiv, Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's military intelligence chief, warned on March 31. Budanov added that he believes that Ukraine will be able to cope with the issue but didn't elaborate on the details. Moscow has been constructing a railroad between Russia's port city Rostov-on-Don and occupied Crimea, as an alternative to the Crimean Bridge, running via key occupied and strategic ares, such as Donetsk and Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast and Berdiansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Crimea is the key lo...
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